Supermodel Emily Ratajkowski is being sued by a photographer for copyright infringement after she allegedly posted two paparazzi photos of herself on her Instagram account without the shutterbug’s permission, a complaint says.
Queens photographer Edward Opinaldo said he took the snaps of
the 31-year-old stunner — dressed in a stylish Adeam fuchsia pantsuit —
leaving a Big Apple building on June 17, 2019. The “Love Somebody” video
star posted two of the shots to her Instagram page that same day and
garnered 288,000 likes, the Manhattan federal court filing says.
Opinaldo had his shots copyrighted in July 2019. He first noticed the
snaps on Ratajkowski’s Instagram story in September 2019, according to the
seven-page filing.
Opinaldo’s original photo and a screengrab of the same photo
from the model’s Instagram are listed as exhibits in the federal court
filing.
The suit seeks unspecified damages.
Ratajkowski, a mega-influencer who currently has 29.4 million
Instagram followers, was sued for copyright infringement by a different
photographer in October 2019.
Manhattan lensman Robert O’Neil
alleged the 5-foot-7 London-born model/actress — whose net worth is $8
million — shared his picture of her walking down a New York City street with
a bouquet of flowers, PageSix reported.
The case was settled out of court in April.
Said
Ratajkowski attorney Ellie Heisler of the latest litigation: “Emily was sued
for copyright infringement previously and the plaintiff conceded that Emily
did not infringe any copyright. … We are confident that Emily will have
similar success in defending this lawsuit as well.”
The
model-actress added author to her resume last November with the release of a
book of essays, “My Body” in which, Ratajkowski writes about the price of
beauty and how adults sexualized her at a young age.
